Estate Planning – The Critical Documents
What are the most critical documents to have drafted when developing an estate plan? When you visit your attorney to create an estate plan it’s a good time think about all of the ‘loose ends’ that you can wrap up and include. You attorney should, at a...
Love Stinks! – Romance Scam Recovery
Romance scam recovery can seem impossible – you’ve placed your trust in a someone and they have taken everything: your money, your property, and, most importantly, your trust and confidence. Romance scams are an increasingly popular scheme with con-artists....
Estate Planning Goals
The Law Offices of Geoff Wiggs is proud to announce the firm has entered into an agreement to assume the practice and take custody of the client files of Attorney Robert Boland. Robert Boland has been in active practice on the San Francisco Peninsula for...
Montana Bar Licensure
What Was Your Pandemic Project? Most people were satisfied with learning how to bake sourdough bread, or attempt to learn a new language. I decided to try taking second bar exam with the goal of opening an estate planning and consumer bankruptcy practice...
Taking Over the Practice of Attorney Robert Boland
The Law Offices of Geoff Wiggs is proud to announce the firm has entered into an agreement to assume the practice and take custody of the client files of Attorney Robert Boland. Robert Boland has been in active practice on the San Francisco Peninsula for...
Don’t Ruin Your Retirement
Whether or not you choose to file bankruptcy, your retirement accounts are almost always 100% protected from your creditors. Even if you are sued outside of bankruptcy, in most cases your retirement accounts are still protected. And – If you choose to file...
Is It Time To Update Your Estate Plan?
Even if you have done the “responsible thing” and created an estate plan to control the distribution of your property after your death, it may be time to have that plan looked over by an attorney. Changes in your life, and the legal system, may have a...
An American Bankruptcy in Paris
[With apologies to George Gershwin] You’re living abroad – living the good life in Paris (or stuck somewhere less picturesque). Even whiel living outside of the U.S., you may still be able to take advantage of the benefits and protections of United States...
Debt Relief – The Hidden Costs
Many debt relief programs require payment of half of the consumer’s take-home income. Does this actually sound like a solution? Hell No! You didn’t have enough money to make payments and live on before! This is just going to make things worse and is setting...